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Plate 12: The Rustics
   
 
 


Publish'd as the Act Directs, June 1773

7 3/4"w x 5"h
               
   
 

From "The EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES in the Book of Heads entitled
HUMAN PASSIONS DELINEATED": PLATE 12
   
 

S

EE how these rustics liquor love to quaff:
They cry, who want it ; having it they laugh,

O sweet possession ! thou this diff''rence makes,
Thou teems with smiles and sprightly pleasure takes ;
Whilst craving minds are gall'd with keen desire,
For some lov'd object, which they can't acquire.

   Thus fav'rites oft enjoy, with souls serene,
   What others want and long may wish in vain.
   
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